Track-fastening and method of making same



E. C. BANNER.

TRACK FASTENING AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-26, 1919.

1,340,478. t d ay 18, 1920.

INVENTOR l ATTORNEY EMIL c. BANNER, or WESTMONT BOROUGH, PEJlINSYLVANIA.

TRACK-FASTENING AND METHOD OF MAKING- SAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1920,

Application filed August 26, 1919. Serial No. 319,977.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Emir. G. BANNER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at 3rd avenue and Luzerne street, in the borough of \Vestmont, in the county of Gambria and State of Pennsylvania, (whose post-otlice address is Johnstown, Pennsylvania,) have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Track-Fastenings and Methods of Making Same; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

My invention relates to a track fastening, sometimes called a rail anchor, preferably made of metal, arranged to be secured to and grip the flange of a railroad rail while other portions of the track fastening when in position are adapted to abut against an adjacent tie to prevent the rail from creeping longitudinally, due to the passage of trains thereon. My track fastening is of simple construction and it is formed of one piece of metal, so that all its pal-ts are integral, and it is in such shape that the blanks can be cut therefor by stamping them successively from a flat bar or plate of metal, preferably steel, capable of being hardened and tempered, and the shape is such that a minimum of waste is incurred. My track faster ing or rail anchor may be produced from g fiat strip of metal, from which the blank arc punched out successively in such a way as to produce the least amount of waste, and the lower edge may be either straight or may have a downwardly projecting portion, which when'laid out on a blank, occupies the space between the upper jaws of the adjacent blank, thus avoiding scrap loss between the jaws, the only scrap thus formed being the small portions which are punched or cut out from the j'aws'which grip the rail flange. After the blanks are formed, the ends are bent over at an angle to the central or body portion and the anchors are then heat treated and tempered so that their gripping jaws will be hardened and the anchor itself will be resilient as a spring in order to allow it to be bent or sprung sufliciently to go in place and its resiliency will hold it in position.

Having thus given a general description of my invention, I will now, in order to make the matter more clear, refer to the anas illustrated.

nexed sheet of drawings, which form part of this specification, and in which like characters refer to like parts.

Figure l is a plan view of a portion of a railroad rail and the tie to which it is spiked, with my rail anchor in position; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional elevation on the line 'IIII of Fig. 1, showing the rail in cross laid out thereon, showing the positions in which they are cut therefrom; Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional elevation of my rail anchor showing the detail construction of the jaw with the sloping gripping surfaces and with a downwardly extending projection shown in dotted lines; and F ig. 6 is a cross section on a large scale through the jaw, also showing the angular edges of the jaws which are adapted to grip the rail. 7

Referring now to the characters of reference on the drawings :1 is a railroad rail, 2 the lower flanges thereof, 3 an ordinary wooden railroad tie, to which the rail is securedby the spikes 4:, my rail anchor in general is indicated as 5, the upper portion forming the jaw is 6, the lower portion of the jaw is 7, the lower surface of the jaw is 8, which is beveled as shown, and the upper gripping surface of the jaw 9 is also beveled 10 is the intermediate portion of the rail anchor which is adapted to abut against the railroad tie, 11 is a metal strip or plate from which the rail anchor is cut, 12 indicates the cutting line for one form of anchor in which the portion between the dotted lines 12 and adjacent line 13 forms the lowerportion of the anchor and is adapted to abut against the tie, while the line 13 is a straight line formed by making the anchor as illustrated in Figs. 1 and The portions punched or cut out to form tion, and a number of anchors of this kind.

on any one rail will cause it to maintain its location with respect to the ties.

Although I have described and illustrated my invention in considerable detail, I do not wish to be limited to theexact and specific details thereof, as shown and described,

but may use such modifications in, substitu tions for, or equivalents thereof, as are embraced within the scope'of my invention, or as ointed out in the claims.

aving thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent is 1. An integral rail anchor having an intermediate portion, substantially, uniform jaws on the opposite ends thereof bent inwardly toward each other and at an angle to the face of said intermediate portion, said jaws having recesses adapting them to besuperimposed upon and grip the rail flange,

whereby the jaws will converge and ride up on the rail base upon any tendency of the rail to creep.

2. An integral rail anchor comprising an intermediate portion adapted to contact with a tie, a pair of jaws bent inwardly therefrom and at an angle to the face thereto, the inner edges of said jaws being beveled and adapted to bite into the rail flange. 3. An integral metal rail anchor having an intermediate substantially straight portion adapted to contact with the tie, a pair 'of jaws bent inwardly from the ends thereof 4. An integral metal rail anchor having an intermediate substantially straight portion, a pair of jaws bent inwardly from the ends thereof and at an angle to the face thereto, each jaw having a recess and beveled edges adapting it to fit over and grip the rail flange.

5. A rail anchor comprising an intermediate portion in contact with a tie downwardly extending below the end portions, the end portions being bent inwardly toward each other at an angle to the face of the body portion and each providedwith a substantially uniform jaw adapted to grip the rail flange, whereby the jaws will converge and ride up on the rail base upon any tendency of the rail to creep.

6. A rail anchor comprisingan intermediate portion downwardly extending below the end portions, the end portions being bent inwardly toward each other at an angle to the body portion and each provided with a beveled jaw adapted to rip the rail flange.

In witness whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

EM'IL C. DANNER. 

